Nonaques Electrolyte Solution And Lithium Secondary Battery Using Same

Abstract

Disclosed is a lithium secondary battery which is excellent in battery characteristics such as long-term cycle characteristics, capacity and shelf life characteristics. Also disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution which can be used for such a lithium secondary battery. Specifically disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for lithium secondary batteries obtained by dissolving an electrolyte salt in a nonaqueous solvent which is characterized by containing 0.01-10% by weight of a carboxylate compound represented by the general formula (I) below and 0.01-10% by weight or 0.01-10% by volume of a vinylene carbonate and / or 1,3-propane sultone. Also disclosed is a lithium secondary battery using such a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. (In the formula, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or COOR3 group, R1 and R3 respectively represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group or a phenyl group, and X represents an alkynylene group or an alkenylene group.)

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery having excellent battery characteristics such as long-term battery cycling property, electrical capacity and storage property, and to a nonaqueous electrolyte solution usable for such a lithium secondary battery. BACKGROUND ART [0002] In recent years, lithium secondary batteries have been widely used as driving power supplies for small electronic devices and the like. Such lithium secondary batteries are mainly constituted of a positive electrode, a nonaqueous electrolyte solution and a negative electrode. In particular, lithium secondary batteries constituted of a lithium compound oxide such as LiCoO2 as the positive electrode and a carbon material or a lithium metal as the negative electrode are used. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution for use in such lithium secondary batteries includes a carbonate such as ethylene carbonate (EC) or propylene carbonate (PC). [0003] There is, however, a need for s...

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Benefits of technology

[0017] It is the object of the present invention to provide a lithium secondary battery which is excellent in long-term cycling characteristics and in battery characteristics, such as electrical capacity and charged-state storage property, and to provide a nonaqueous electrolyte solution usable for such a lithium secondary battery.

[0021] According to the present invention, a lithium secondary battery having excellent battery characteristics such as battery cycling characteristics, electrical capacity and storage property can be provided.

[0022] In particular, by incorporating, as additives, a carboxylate compound together with vinylene carbonate (VC) and / or 1,3-propane sultone (PS) into a nonaqueous electrolyte solution in specific amounts, cycling characteristics of the lithium secondary battery can be improved particularly for a long period of time.

Problems solved by technology

A lithium secondary battery using, for example, LiCoO2, LiMn2O4 or LiNiO2 as a positive electrode brings about a reduction of the battery performance, when a part of the solvent of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution locally undergoes an oxidative decomposition during the charging, because the decomposition products inhibit the desired electrochemical reaction of the battery.

Also, a lithium secondary battery using, for example, a highly crystallized carbon material, such as natural graphite or artificial graphite, as a negative electrode brings about a reduction of the battery performance, when the solvent of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution undergoes a reductive decomposition on the surface of the negative electrode during the charging.

However, PC has not been used for lithium secondary batteries because the decomposition thereof is significant.

Further, no consideration is made on combination with a nonaqueous solvent.

The techniques disclosed in Patent documents 1 to 5, however, cannot satisfy the battery characteristics required in recent years.

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